# El Chichón

- **Country:** Mexico
- **Coordinates:** 17.360000, -93.227778
- **Age:** 220,000 yr
- **Type:** Stratovolcano with lava domes and tuff ring
- **Location:** Francisco León, Chiapas, Mexico
- **Elevation:** ~ 1205 m
- **Map Relief:** 1
- **Elevation M:** 1205
- **Volcanic Arc:** Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc
- **Last Eruption:** March to September 1982
- **Label Position:** El Chichón

El Chichón, also known as Chichonal, is an active stratovolcano in Francisco León, north-western Chiapas, Mexico. El Chichón is part of a geologic zone known as the Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc. El Chichón's cone has a complex of domes with a tuff ring, made of ejected volcanic material, located between the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Central America Volcanic Arc. El Chichón erupted in 1982; prior to this, activity had not occurred since 1360, with a possible eruption 1850 (not universally agreed on).

![Photo of El Chichón](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/El_Chich%C3%B3n.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chichón (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)